The Ultimate Fighter® 20 Tryouts open to STRAWWEIGHT WOMEN

Mar 21, 2014

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Las Vegas, Nevada – In the aftermath of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization’s 20th
anniversary, the UFC is kicking off its next two decades with a
fresh twist on its storied reality television series, The Ultimate
Fighter®. For the first time ever, the series’ 20th season will
feature an all women cast in the UFC’s newest weight division and a
new title for the winner – that of UFC champion.

In addition to the lucrative contract with the UFC, the winner of
this season of The Ultimate Fighter® will be crowned the UFC
strawweight division’s inaugural champion.

Women in the 115-pound division are invited to attend the official
tryouts in Las Vegas, Nev. on Monday, April 28. Candidates must be
female, between the ages of 21 and 34 years of age, have the legal
ability to live and work in the United States, and have
professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight experience – holding a
winning record (with verifiable records). Applications, which
should be completed and brought to the tryouts, can be found online
at http://www.ufc.com/tuf20. Tryout details are provided below:

*Applicants will be notified at the end of the tryouts if they have
been selected to participate in the casting finals process. If
selected, applicants must be prepared to stay in Las Vegas until
May 1.

The Ultimate Fighter 20 will begin filming in May and premiere on
FOX Sports 1 on Sept. 10

About the Ultimate Fighting Championship® Owned and operated by
Zuffa, LLC, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) is the
premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization and largest
pay-per-view event provider in the world. Headquartered in Las
Vegas with offices in London, Toronto, Beijing, Singapore and Sao
Paulo, the UFC produces more than 40 live events annually that have
sold out some of the biggest arenas and stadiums across the globe.
UFC programming is broadcast in over 145 countries to 800+ million
TV households worldwide in 28 different languages. The UFC has a
multi-year broadcast agreement with FOX in the U.S. which includes
four live events broadcast on the FOX network annually, The
Ultimate Fighter® reality television show and thousands of hours of
programming on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. In 2014, UFC launched
UFC FIGHT PASS™, a digital subscription service with exclusive live
events, thousands of fights on-demand and original content. UFC
also owns more than100 UFC GYM® locations, UFC.TV® (offering live
event broadcasts and video on-demand around the world), UFC FIT™
(an in-home fitness and nutrition program), UFC 360 (the
internationally distributed magazine), a videogame franchise with
EA SPORTS, best-selling DVDs and Blu-rays, UFC Fight Club®, UFC Fan
Expo®, Octagon™ branded apparel and Topps Trading Cards. For more
information, visit www.UFC.com and follow UFC at
www.Facebook.com/UFC and Twitter: @UFC.